Outside the world of institutionalised academia, the internet has triggered a breakthrough in the distribution of information around the world. This exchange channel however has a few evident points of weakness: sourcing and credibility of sources, unavailability of a broad realm of data yet to be digitised and shared, region or cost-related data-exchange limitations, and either an underuse or a complete neglect of interactive streaming technologies amongst skilled professionals or institutions.

The proposed database and communications platform prescribles and enables a cross-disciplinary and inter-regional approach, as this would lead to an even access to the collective informational capital, thus creating a digital environment from which synergies, solutions to an expansive range of problems, and innovations can emerge.

Region-based archiving of traditional or native recipes could be made possible via users and archived within the digital platform. This would allow the preservation of culinary traditions for future generations, which usually hold high cultural and dietary values, thus protecting these traditions from loss, which can already be perceived comparing the knowledge of older generations versus that of younger age groups in the Arab World.

Documentation and archiving of built heritage is made possible through multi-media uploads, which in addition to standard audio-visual information, can include virtual tours of key sites, opening up a realm of information for easy access and study across academic institutions where site visits are not feasible. This would also digitally-preserve built heritage which is at a constant threat of loss or deterioration, thus storing information which would facilitate possible future restoration.

University lectures across institutions could be facilitated using a user-specific interface, where students from different countries can remotely attend lectures at participating sister universities. It is predicted that a streamlined exchange of expertise in the Arabian academic world would not only help invigorate the resources of institutions in underprivileged regions, but also create wonderful synergies amongst the student and teaching bodies bridging currently disconnected institutions.

Knowing that each medical facility possess varying expertise, case histories, and knowledge depth in different specialisations, the availability of a user-tailored pan-Arabian digital platform could prove invaluable when it comes to sharing life-saving knowledge across institutions, replacing the necessity for physical presence when that is not feasible. Hospitals could easily exchange medical cases, or provide remote surgical supervision where required through a function-specific interface.